Search for dissertations about: "staff reduction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words staff reduction.

  2. 1. Musculoskeletal Pain among Health Care Staff : Riskfactors for Pain, Disability and Sick leave

    Author : Annika Nilsson; Eva Denison; Per Lindberg; Kerstin Ekberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Caring sciences; pain; musculoskeletal pain; disability; sick leave; health care staff; registered nurses; nurses aides; work-related factors; personal factors; life values; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The present thesis is based on four empirical studies concerning risk factors related to musculoskeletal pain (MSP), disability, and sick leave among three non-clinical samples of health care staff. Initially, in Study I, cognitive, behavioural and environmental factors related to MSP of nurses' aides were explored. READ MORE

  4. 2. Alcohol screening and simple advice in emergency care : staffs’ attitudes and injured patients’ drinking pattern

    Author : Cecilila Nordqvist; Bendtsen Preben; Kent Lindqvist; Hans Bergman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Emergency department; alcohol prevention; screening; simple advice; staff; attitudes; injury; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Background: About 800,000 people are risky drinkers in Sweden and the alcohol consumption has increased around 30% during the last 6 years. In order to counteract the negative effects of drinking there is a need to implement preventive measures at various levels in society. READ MORE

  5. 3. Meeting ethical and nutritional challenges in elder care : the life world and system world of staff and high level decision-makers

    Author : Anna-Greta Mamhidir; Högskolan i Gävle; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Ethical challenges; malnutrition; older adults; elder care staff; integrity promoting care; high level decision-makers; life world; system world.; Ethical challenges; malnutrition; older adults; elder care staff; integrity promoting care; high level decision-makers; life world; system world.;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the issue of malnutrition and use it as a focal point of interest in elder care. A further aim was to illuminate how this issue could be addressed focusing on older adults’ integrity and high level decision-makers’ reasoning about ethically difficult situations (I-IV). READ MORE

  6. 4. Counteracting Acoustic Disturbances in Human Speech Communication

    Author : Nils Westerlund; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Speech Enhancement; Noise Reduction; Hearing Aids; Adaptive Feedback Control; Ear-Mic; Active Noise Control;

    Abstract : A signal can be said to be any information bearing unit or action carrying a message from a sender to a receiver. This definition covers a vast number of human and non-human actions, ranging from flirtation to satellite communication. This thesis deals with increasing the quality of one of the most ubiquitous human-to-human signals: Speech. READ MORE

  7. 5. Integrity promoting care of demented patients

    Author : Mona Kihlgren; Astrid Norberg; Ingvar Karlsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; nursing home; collective living; staff training; the E. H. Erikson theory; integrity; interaction; hermeneutics; GBS - scale; somatostatin; EEG;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis was to investigate if integrity promoting care improves functions in demented patients over time. The Erikson (1982) theory of ”eight stages of man” was used as a basis for training of staff in a three-month intervention study (I-VI) at a nursing home ward. READ MORE